A global index of biocultural diversity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-241

  Loh, Jonathan ^a   Harmon, David ^b  

^a George Wright Society ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b George Wright Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocultural diversity; Biological diversity; Cultural diversity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS;

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMAN POPULATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY;

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURE; INDEX METHOD;

AFRICA; AMAZON BASIN; ASIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544453407     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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